Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 48 > Article 7 > Part 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions Relating

• clinic: shall mean any community medical clinic, mental health center and other related facilities. See West Virginia Code 7-3-14a
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• hospital: shall mean any general hospital, chronic disease hospital, mental hospital and other related facilities. See West Virginia Code 7-3-14a
• long-term care facility: shall mean any nursing home, rest home, housing facility for aged citizens and other related facilities. See West Virginia Code 7-3-14a
• State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10